Improved boot-ceimpee



PETER RICHMOND, 0E AEEEDEEN,` AND E-BNEE MeEARLAND, or A LLENS-Y VILLE,INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 78,131, dated May 19, 1868.

I MPEov-ED Boor-GEIMPEE.

TO ALI; WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that we, PETER RICHMOND, of VAberdeen, in the county ot'Ohio, and Aurina -McFAnLND, oi' Allensvil1e,in the county ofSwitzerland, and in the State of Indiana',have invented certain new-anduseful Improvements in Boot-Griinpers; and do hereby declare that thefollowingvis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters ofrefcrenceidnmrked thereon. 'In

lthe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification- A representsa. suitable frame or table, to which are pivoted or hinged jaws B andprovided with a. slot in one end, in which is pvoted an eccentric, D.

l B Brepresent jaws oflany suitable size, pivo'ted in or .hinged to thetopof Vt/he'ftable A, in any manner desireththc tops thereof bevellcd oinearly to a point in the middle, as shown in the drawings.

Passing through the saidjaws B B is a bolt, g, which has an eccentric,0,'pvoted`t'o one vc nd thereof, and l a nut, L, at the other. The nut7L is for thepurpose ofregulating the distance between the jaws B Bto-suit tbcvdieron-ce in the thickness of leather or inateral to becrimped, and also to correspond with 'dili'erent sizes and thicknessofthe crimping-form or board F. l l

D represents n n eccentric-lever, which is-pivoted to the table A, andworks in the'slot thereof,'and operstes the eccentric, G, by means otthe rod l,which is pivoted to both the eccentrics, C and D. l Theeccentric, D, is also attached toa horizontal lever, E, by means of'therod or loop S, and operates said lever up and down, as may be required.i l l E represents 'a long horizontal 'lever, pivoted at one end of thetable'A, and extending the whole length thereof, and beneath it, asshown.l l v '.Pivoted to said lever E, und extending upward through aslot in the table A,is a double o r forked l1ook,j, for the purpose ofcatching over the crimping-form F, and by means of the eccentric-leverD, and the horizontal lever E, pulling the same down between the jaws BB, and therebv crimping and giving form to theleather of the front of a.boot, by one simple motion by the operator. Y

The eccentric, C, is for thepurpose of pressing thejaws firmly againstthe crimping-form F, or the leather thereon, at the same time it isbeing brought down by the hook By adjusting the leather, cut in therequired shape, in any convenient manner, to the crimping-form F; andplacing the same in or against the mouth or upper ends of4 the j`aws BB, and then attaching thehook 7' above or over the said form F, thewhole operation of crimping, after being so adjusted, is almostinstantaneous, and is done with one motion of the hand of the operator,bly means of. ,the eccentric-lever D.

The crimping-form F is constructed in any of the ordinary forms andways'most in use. vAny old form may be. used with this device, withoutany alteration whatever.

Havingthus fully described our inventiomwbat` we `claim as new, andd'esirc to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. The lever E, .in combinationwith the hook j, when constructed, used, and operated substantially asand for the purpose seit forth'.

2. The arrangement of the jaws B B, bolt g, eccentrica, C and D, leverE, and forked rod j, the several parts being constructed'and operatedsubstantially as and for the purpose specified. V

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto setour-hands, thisvSth day, of January, 1868.

S' PETER RICHMOND,

ABNER McFARLAND.

Witnessest i l v 1 SAMUEL Gonne,

JAMES W. HALL.

